Callerd ID said New York. Let call go to V/M. It was a robo call saying I qualified for a Medical Alert Device. Also gave option to opt out. I don't do that because it could be a way to indicate my phone is a working number. But I have a phone blocking device and now have blocked this number.
Caller ID said Port Chester NY. Call went to Voicemail and said we should press 1 to receive a personal medical alert system or press 9 to opt out. (the preamble played over our outgoing message and was not recorded - they didn't wait for our message to complete!) I hung up. Will now block the number.
This was one of those rare calls that apparently doesn't even try to determine that you have answered, but just blasts on with their message for a medical alert system.
Caller ID shows "NEW YORK".
914-934-2812, Caller ID: NEW YORK. A call from "Michael" who Informed me I'd been selected for a FREE $400 medical alert system AT NO COST to me -- I'd just have to PAY $34.95 for monthly monitoring service (a sneaky way to get financial information!) I let him go on and on. He wanted my name, address and DOB so I gave him fake ones. I hope they pay postage to mail it just to have it returned to them, lol! No financial information was given to him, not even fake! At the end he asked if I usually use a check, credt, or debit card to pay my bills. I said both. He asked, "Which one will you be using today, are you going to be using your credit card?" I said, "No, I'm going to be using YOUR credit card." He said, "MY, credit card ... Okay... um .. What... you just don't want to pay the monthly monitoring bill?" I said, "Right." He explained in a long spiel, "The way I look at is, nobody wants to pay their insurance but when they need it they're glad they have coverage, etc, etc., and THIS kind of coverage is best to have and not need it, than to need it and not have it. I'm not wishing an emergency medical situation on you but what would you do in case of emergency? Who would you call?" I said, (in a matter-of-fact-who-do-you-think?, serious kind of tone) "I would probably call your mother." He chuckled and I hung up. LOVE wasting their time since they waste mine trying to see who's calling on the phone all day! Whenever I've done this my phone calls go from five or six per day to one or two per week. They're probably calling from the same phone center WIth multiple phone numbers and the word gets around.